Ironing-board.



H. S. CARRIER.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. a, 19oe.

I 906,382. Patented Dec. 8,1908.

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HARRY S. CARRIER, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

IRONING-BOARD Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed October 3, 1906. Serial N 0. 337,247.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY S. CARRIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the'following is a specification.

My invention has relation to ironing boards and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

I11 the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the invention showing the same in position for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken centrally and longitudinally through the device. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view, showing the device in folded condition.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ironing board or table to the lower face of which there is attached at one end of the board a cross-piece or cleat 2, there being also attached to the lower face of the board at a suitable point between its ends a pair of longitudinally disposed, spaced parallel locking bars or members 3 provided with teeth 4.

Arranged for sustaining the table 1 are two sets or pairs of supporting members or legs 5, 6, pivotally connected between their ends by means of a transverse pivoting member 7 and of which the legs5, which are of greater length than the legs 6, are connected at their upper ends by means of a cross-piece 8' and pivoted to the table by means of hinges 9, the leaves of which are arranged between and attached to the cross pieces 2 and 8, while the legs 6, which are adapted to fold to a position between the legs 5, are connected at their upper ends by a cross piece 10 having its upper edge rounded and designed for engagement with the teeth 4 to fix the legs in active, supporting position.

In practice, when the device is arranged for use as in Fig. 1 the engaging member 10 at the upper ends of the supporting legs 6 is engaged with the teeth 4 on the locking bars 3, it being understood, of course, that the member 10 may be engaged with different ones of the teeth 4 for adjusting the legs to vary the height of the table 1. In folding the device for shipment or storage, the engaging member or piece 10 is disengaged from the locking bars 4 and the legs 6 fold ed to a position between the legs 5, as seen in Fig. 3, the legs 5 being thereafter folded fiat upon the rear face of the board 1.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a comparatively simple, inexpensive device of this character which is admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood that in attaining these ends minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

An ironing table comprising the board having at one end a cleat, legs arranged in pairs and pivoted together, one of the pairs of legs having a cross piece secured to the inner upper ends thereof, hinges secured to the cleat and cross-piece, toothed rack bars secured longitudinally to the underside of the board and arranged in alinement with the opposite side edges thereof, the other pair of legs having a cross-piece secured to their upper ends, said cross-piece being provided with a rounded upper edge which projects above the ends of the legs and serves to wholly engage the teeth of the rack bar, and said first mentioned cross piece serving to contact with said cleat when the legs are folded under the ironing board, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY S. CARRIER.

Witnesses A. E. CULBERT, FRANK B. FINoH. 

